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LOS ANGELES
"So fill me in. I haven't seen you since Heather's party and we've hardly talked." Gabe sat down next to Catherine at their usual booth in the coffee shop, something they've done once a month to catch up.
"Yeah I know. You've been pretty busy with work. Nothing much really" she grabbed a hold of the warm cup of coffee infront of her.
"Anything happen with you and victor?"
Catherine looked at him confused. "Vincent? Umm no. not really. We kissed right before we left and that's about it. We are just seeing where it goes. I mean he's in LA and I'm here so nothing much we can really do." She couldn't help but let out a smile.
"Be careful Cat. I care about you and I don't want you to get hurt again."
"I know. I will. Just that I've never felt this way about anyone. It's strange you know. I'm normally pretty guarded but with him its like my walls just collapses. I'm kinda scared."
"The heart wants what the heart wants. I really hope it works out for you." He gave her a sympathetic look.
"Thanks." Catherine nodded at Gabe and took a sip of her coffee.
A sudden noise made the two jumped in the booth and they both looked out the window. "Hey you two! Missed me? "Tess said as she was knocking on the window from the outside of the coffee shop. She came in the door and quickly ran over to them and gave each of them a hug.
"So how are you guys?" Tess asked as she grabbed Catherine's croissant and took a bite.
"Hey!"
"Sorry babe. I'm really not in the mood to stand in that big line." She pointed at the counter. Catherine looked up. The coffee shop that was once empty is now filled with various types of people in line to start their day.
"Fair enough. I'm good. Trying to survive the rest of this work week." Catherine answered. "How about you?"
"Its been a drag. I can't wait to see JT. I think they are coming in town this weekend and vacay starts next week. Which by the way" Tess paused turning to Gabe.
"What do you want Tess?" Gabe knew the tone and the look that Tess gave him which normally happens when she wants something. Catherine introduced her to him about 3 yrs. ago and they were all inseparable since day one. He knew almost all of the girl's ways of getting what they want..from him atleast.
"We were thinking", Tess nudged Catherine "that if you're not using the Cabin, if we could borrow it for a couple of days."
"If that's ok. If not we can plan something else." Catherine added.
"No. I'm going out of town next week for a conference anyways. You guys can borrow it. Please take care of it. No crazy parties.. Well not without me."
"Thanks dude!" Tess grabbed her phone and started texting." Going to let JT know. Cat, are you going to invite Vincent?"
"Not sure. Haven't talked to him yet." She said with a sadness in her voice.
"Maybe he's just busy finishing up work." She said quickly. She is worried and conflicted on whether or not to tell Catherine that she slipped up on JT and Vincent overheard their conversation. She needed to check with JT on what's going on. "He'll call Cat, don't worry."
"Oh I know. No big deal. Not like we're together." Catherine dug in her purse and looked at her phone. Nothing. Hmm. "Alrighty. I gotta head in the office. I love you both, and Tess call me sometime this weekend ok. One more week til vacay!" She waved and stepped out of the café headed to the office. She had a lot of work piled up that she has to work on a Saturday. She dug in her purse again and dialed Vincent's number. Voicemail. "Hi Vincent, its Catherine. Hope the meeting went well yesterday. Talk to you later. Have a good day." An uneasy feeling came over her and she can't seem to shake it. She decided to walk down central park on her way to the office to clear her head. Hopefully he calls. She was getting emotionally attached, and right now she's alright with that.
New York
Vincent tried to open his eyes. Ugh. My head is pounding. How long have I been asleep? He opened his eyes, blinked and shut them again. His mind was still fuzzy and what happened last night was something he didn't want to remember, infact he doesn't remember much from last night. Still with his eyes closed, he tried to get up but felt an arm laid across his chest.
Oh god! Please tell me I didn't. He slowly peeked out of his left eye and saw Tori asleep next to him.
Crap. He carefully tried to move her arm so he can get out of bed without waking her up. He was scared to look down afraid what he would find. Thank god! He still had his clothes on, even his shoes. He tried again to remember as much as he can from last night. He clearly can remember being upset about the Catherine/Evan situation. He also knew that he went back to the pub and hung out with Tori, what he doesn't seem to recall is leaving the pub and ending up in her bed. He stood at the foot of her bed, looking for his jacket and hopefully any clues that they may have done anything he was going to regret. He quietly headed for the front door.
As he tried to turn the knob on her front door to leave the apartment, "VINCENT!" Tori called out to him. He stopped in his tracks. SHIT! He tried to walk quietly to her living room but as he looked up, she stood in the doorway of her bedroom with her arms crossed and a sly grin on her face. "Trying to run out on me already. After last night you can atleast buy me breakfast"
"Uh Yeah..About last night..What happened?" he reluctantly asked scratching his head. He was almost afraid on what the answers may be.
"You really don't remember do you? This could be fun." She giggled and stood right infront of him, so close he can feel the warmth of her breath against his lips. "Let me ask you this, when you came back to the pub and looked for me, what DID you expect would happen last night? She winked and moved forward with her eyes on his lips.
"Uh..Uh.." he stuttered moved back and ended up losing his balance and is now sitting on her couch.
Tori jumped on his lap and put her arms around his neck. "Relax. Well at first you wanted to talk but it was kind of hard to hear at the pub so you suggested we go somewhere a lil bit more comfortable. I offered my place and we got into a cab and ended up here. You kept talking about an Evan and Catherine."
He couldn't help but smile to know that he was still thinking about her.
"Ok. How did we end up on your bed?"
"Well, you said your head was spinning and needed to lay down. We kissed goodnight and you passed out."
"Kissed? Huh. So we didn't…"
"You wish. On the contrary of what you've heard about me, I'm a good girl. You know I want you but I'm definitely worth more than a one night stand. Beside all you kept talking about was Catherine." She said sticking her tongue out and made a sour face when she said her name. She stood up from his lap," So Mr. Vincent Keller, you have nothing to worry about except where you are taking me to breakfast."
He let out his breath that he didn't realize that he had been holding.
He grabbed his phone to check the time.
Catherine – Missed Call (2)
Catherine - Voicemail
JT – Text Message – Where are you - 5:45AM
It was already 11:20am. "Hey Tori. I'm going to rain check on that breakfast. Its late and I need to go to …"
"Work ... I know you mentioned it last night."
"Yeah. I'll talk to you later" He ran out the door before Tori can try to stop him again.
Vincent headed out the street and hailed for a cab. JT is going to kill me. He lied. He didn't have to work but he didn't want to be around her either. He got the out of the cab and rushed into his building. Before he walked in their front door, he decided to straighten out his clothes and brushed his fingers through his hair. Why do I feel like I'm about to do a walk of shame? I need to get my own place. He chuckled to himself. They decided to be roommates when they started their business ad so far have lived together since then. He opened the door, "JT, are you here?" His voice echoed through the room.
"Where the hell have you been?" He stopped and examined Vincent from head to toe. "You're alive. I've been worried sick. I ran out of TUMS and had to get more!"
"Honestly, I spent the night at Tori's house. Nothing happened between us…ok…I might have kissed her goodnight. But that was it" He blurted out defensively with his arms in the air. "Other than that I passed out on her bed and woke up and headed home."
JT looked at him stunned with his mouth open. He shook his head " So let me get this straight, you went back to the pub and hung out with her. You KISSED her and spent the night at her apartment, let alone her BED. Did I get that right?"
"Well now that you said it like that, It sounds really BAD." He sat down and put his head down. "Honestly JT, I don't what the hell I was thinking. I just got really upset and jealous about the Catherine/Evan thing and then I felt that you were not telling me the everything…and I was drunk."
"NO,NO" JT shook his head and looked at Vincent,"IM DRUNK is not an excuse and its not going to cut it. Maybe the former, but definitely not the latter."
"I feel like shit! Like I cheated on her or something. "Vincent said with sadness in his voice." I called her last night and it went straight to voicemail and then the images of her kissing him started seeping in my head and that's why I went back to the pub. She apparently called me back 10 mins after but I never realized my phone rang. Only if I got that call, I could've avoided last night with Tori" the sound of regret can be heard in his voice.
JT sighed, "Honestly, you become irrational and impulsive when you're angry. Its like you turn into this beast that feeds on adrenaline and rage". He said sympathetically. He pushed his glasses up on the bridge of his nose.
"What's with the glasses?" Vincent said distracted by his friend's sudden change in appearance.
"I ran out of contacts. I was going to use the yellow ones we bought but it's not very professional and its really creepy." He chuckled.
"I'm really an ass huh?"
"Not going to argue with you there…So are you going to tell her?"
"JT I don't know if I should tell her or not. I feel like I've already messed this up and we haven't even started. I don't want to lie to her. I want to be completely honest. Please don't say anything to Tess about this. If she's going to hear it from someone, I want it to be me"
Vincent looked at his phone one last time. He didn't have the courage to call her and hear her voice. At this point, he doesn't really care about anything else except seeing Catherine in person in less than a week and telling her what he had done. Hoping she can forgive him and they can move forward.
Hey. Sorry. It's been busy around here. Heading down there this Friday. Can't wait to see you. V